RYAN VELASQUEZ

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Wednesday

Apr282010

Production Stills: "The Job"

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 11:17PM

Well, hello there. As promised, here are a few production stills from "The Job." Unfortunately, my friends Candice and Erin could only come to the first day of shoot, so please enjoy an excess of photos from that day, and absolutely none from any of the other shoot days. We win!

For now...

Kevin (A.D.) and I discussing the first shot. As well as me noting Kevin's impeccable facial hair. / © C.ChanMe talking to Eric (D.P.) about the weather. I think it's cold. He disagrees. / © E.TaoThe boys doin' work. I am most likely out drinking a red bull. / © E.TaoHighly motivated friends-turned-extras = Unmotivated movie theater employees. Boom! / © E.TaoI think I smell good. Once again, Eric disagrees. / © E.TaoOh snap! What an ethnically diverse crowd. Looking sharp in those blue tees. / © E.Tao

Whew. That took a long time. I'll be gettin the footage in my hands soon, so then ya'll can see stills from the actual footage.

Thank you Candice and Erin for the time and the photos. Actually there was one last photo Candice took that was spectacular, but I haven't quite figured out how best to incorporate tall/vertical/portrait/hot-dog style photos in this here blog. They mess up the clean formatting. Hmm. So click me for now.

G'day.

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Friday

Apr232010

"The Job" is Wrapped! ... Sort of

Friday, April 23, 2010 at 3:46AM

After four over-night shoots in three different boroughs of New York (Queens, Brooklyn, & Manhattan), The Job is officially wrapped. Technically, we have about a half-a-day of pick-up shots left to do at the Walter Reade Theater, but whattttteeeever.

I wish I had taken more pictures myself, but I was hopped up on adrenaline, Red Bulls, lack of sleep, and just good old-fashioned directing. My friend E-Tao took some set pics the first day, so once I get a copy of those, I'll post some better ones.

Until then, enjoy the only three pictures I took on set:

We shot on the first RED camera ever sold (#0006). Jim Jannard owns the first five... In yo face!Lighting the dinner scene in a MacGyver kind-of-way. The footage looks amaaaazing from this night. Take that Handheld Rentals.Laura M. on the viewfinder, and Eric C. all up in yo face! Making movie magic. I wish I took more pictures...

Ryan out.

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Thursday

Apr152010

Anatomy of a Shot-listing Sesh

Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 12:07AM

So, this Friday night we start shooting for the short film The Job. Everything is hectic but looks like this bad boy is gonna go off without a hitch... In fact, I just finished a major shotlisting sesh with my dear friend, compatriot, and d.p., Eric.

Also, I am so blown away by the gloriousness of his iPad, that I had to take a photo and post:

Shotlisting Sesh1. Semi opaque "white"-board to draw terrible representations of beautiful people

2. An Apple iPad serving as a script reader (also side note. with the new RED cameras, they're making software to go on the iPad to stream a video signal from the camera via wiFi to use it as a live monitor. Crazy? One-up time: you'll also be able to (1) smart slate with the iPad and (2) use it to control the camera's settings such as aperture, shutter speed, etc! WHAAAAAAT?)

3. Old-school white printer paper serving as a script for those unfortunate enough not to own an iPad

4. A MacBook Pro to play rehearsal videos and actually type up the shotlist... because that's the only thing the iPad can't do

5. A busy man

I swear this will look better with real people in 4kThe end! Until next time. I'll be getting no sleep...